In Chapter 9, “Deontology and Fairness,” Heather Reid discusses victory and the crucial importance winning has come to be in sports. Quoting Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything…it’s the only thing”, it is seen that the highest level of importance is placed on only the outcome of the game, and not the way in which that outcome is achieved (Reid, 108). I argue that Lombardi’s revised saying, “Winning isn’t everything—but making the effort to win is,” better conveys the true spirit of sports. Between those two sayings, only one can be correct because the present completely different arguments one includes the idea of trying to win, while the other focuses solely on the winning. As seen in the example of the 2011 World Fencing Championships,
